Forward Calendar - U.S. corporate bond new issues

Oct 6 (Reuters) - The following are lists of upcoming high-grade and
high-yield corporate bond offerings in the United States. The information was
gathered from Thomson Reuters U.S. new issues team, and other market sources:
*Denotes 144a private placement debt offering.
HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 10/5/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
Boston Properties $700 mln 10-yr Baa2/A-/BBB BAS/CITI/DB 10/6
*Credit Acricole $1.0 bln perpetual Aa3/A-/A+ BAS/CALY/JPM 10/5
Diamond Offshore $500 mln 30-yr Baa1/A-/NA GS/JPM 10/5
*N.Y. Life $1.0 bln 30-yr Aa2/AA/NA BAS/BARC/GS/JPM 10/5
Protective Life $400 mln 10-yr Baa2/A-/BBB BAS/BARC/WFS 10/6
Protective Life $300 mln 30-yr Baa2/A-/BBB BAS/BARC/WFS 10/6
RPM International $300 mln 10-yr Baa3/BBB-BBB- BAS/WFS 10/6
Sempra Energy $750 mln 30-yr Baa1/BBB+/A BAS/JPM/RBS 10/5
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SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 10/5/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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CONVERTIBLE BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 10/5/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES EXPECTED FOR WEEK OF 10/5/2009
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
Comstock Res. $300 mln 8-yr NA/NA/NA BASML/BMO/JPM 10/6
*Hovnanian Entp $785 mln 7-yr B1/CCC+/NA CS/CITI
*Nova Chemicals $TBA 6-yr NA/NA/NA BARC/HSBC/RBC/SCOT/TD
*Nova Chemicals $TBA 10-yr NA/NA/NA BARC/HSBC/RBC/SCOT/TD
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PREVIOUS HIGH-GRADE BOND SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
*Abu Dhabi Com Bk $1.0 bln 5-yr Aa3/A/NA BAS/DB/SC 10/1
Alliant Energy $250 mln 5-yr Baa1/BBB/NA CITI/JPM 9/30
ArcelorMittal $1.0 bln 30-yr Baa3/BBB/BBB CITI/DB/JPM 10/1
Citigroup $1.25 bln 2-yr Aaa/AAA/AAA CITI 9/29
Citigroup $250 mln 2-yr frn Aaa/AAA/AAA CITI 9/29
Citigroup $2.5 bln 3-yr Aaa/AAA/AAA CITI 9/29
Citigroup $1.0 bln 3-yr frn Aaa/AAA/AAA CITI 9/29
*Dexus Divers $300 mln 5-yr Baa1/BBB+/NA JPM/MS 9/28
Embraer Overseas $500 mln 11-yr Baa3/BBB-/NA DB/MS 10/1
*Enel Finance $1.25 bln 5-yr A2/A-/A CITI/JPM/BAML/CS/DB/MS 9/30
*Enel Finance $1.75 bln 10-yr A2/A-/A CITI/JPM/BAML/CS/DB/MS 9/30
*Enel Finance $1.5 b ln 30-yr A2/A-/A CITI/JPM/BAML/CS/DB/MS 9/30
Entergy Gulf $300 mln 15-yr Baa1/BBB+/NA BARC/CALYON/MIZ 9/29
*Guardian Life $400 mln 30-yr A1/AA-/NA GS/MS/ 10/1
*L-3 Communicat. $1.0 bln 10-yr Baa2/BBB-/BBB- BAS/BARC 9/29
Penn Electric $250 mln 11-yr Baa2/BBB/NA BAS/CITI/JPM/WFS 9/28
Penn Electric $250 mln 31-yr Baa2/BBB/NA BAS/CITI/JPM/WFS 9/28
Tyco Int'l $500 mln 5-yr Baa1/BBB+/BBB+ BAS/JPM 9/30
*Volvo AB $750 mln 5.5-yr Baa2/BBB/BBB BAS/CITI 9/29
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PREVIOUS SPLIT-RATED BOND SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
*Gannett $TBA 5-yr Baa2/BB+/NA BAS/BARC/CITI/JPM

LLOYS/MIZ/STRH 9/29
*Gannett $TBA 8-yr Baa2/BB+/NA BAS/BARC/CITI/JPM

LLOYS/MIZ/STRH 9/29
Weyerhaueser $500 mln 10-yr Ba1/BBB-/BB+ DB/JPM/MS 9/28
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PREVIOUS HIGH-YIELD BOND SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
*Ceva Plc $210 mln 7-yr Caa1/CCC/NA CS 9/30
Cincinnati Bell $500 mln 8-yr Ba3/B+/NA MS/BAS/BARC/DB/RBS 9/30
*Tops Holding $275 mln 6-yr B3/B/NA MS/BAS 10/1
*TransDigm Grp $425 mln 5-yr B3/B-/NA CS 9/30
*Venoco $150 mln 8-yr Caa2/CCC+/NA UBS/BMO/CS/RBS 10/2
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PREVIOUS CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES SALES
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS PRICED
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DEALS RECENTLY POSTPONED
COMPANY AMT MAT/DEBT RTGS MGRS DATE POSTPONED
*Dole Food Co $325 mln 8-yr B2/NA/NA 8/17
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MANAGERS: SYNDICATE DESK NUMBERS:

GENERAL HIGH-YIELD HIGH-GRADE
ABN - ABN Amro Securities Inc 212-409-7563 212-409-7563
BARC - Barclays Capital 212-412-2626 212-412-2663
BNP - BNP Paribas 212-841-3658 212-841-3658
CITI - Citigroup Global Markets 212-723-6001 212-723-6121
CS - Credit Suisse 212-325-3290 212.325-3325
GS - Goldman Sachs & Co 212-902-8204 212-902-5954
JPM - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co 212-270-1100 212-834-4533
LEH - Lehman Brothers Inc 212-526-9664 212-526-9664
ML - Merrill Lynch & Co 212-449-6762 212-449-4949
MS - Morgan Stanley 212-761-1286 212-761-1957
UBS - UBS Investment Bank 203-719-1556 203-719-1088
WACH - Wachovia Securities 704-383-1928 704-383-7727